Kentucky Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Kentucky. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine Torch Pine | |
Picea rubens | Red Spruce Yellow Spruce West Virginia Spruce Eastern Spruce He-balsam | |
Pinus strobus | Eastern White Pine Weymouth Pine | |
Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine Oldfield Pine Bull Pine Rosemary Pine | |
Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine Jersey Pine Scrub Pine | |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
Polemonium reptans | Greek Valerian Jacob's Ladder | |
Prunus americana | American Plum Wild Plum | |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Quercus alba | White Oak Northern White Oak Eastern White Oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak Red Oak | |
Quercus imbricaria | Shingle Oak Laurel Oak | |
Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak Chinquapin Oak Chestnut Oak Yellow Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Yellow Oak Rock Oak | |
Quercus palustris | Pin Oak Swamp Spanish Oak | |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak Swamp Willow Oak Pin Oak Peach Oak | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame Azalea | |
Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba Rosebay Purple Rhododendron Red Laurel Catawba Rhododendron Mountain Rosebay | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel Wild Rhododendron Rosebay Rhododendron White Laurel Rosebay | |
Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early Azalea Roseshell Azalea Woolly Azalea | |
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